Category: Prophecy (page 2 of 9)

A Prophetic Sabbath Day Rest

Throughout its history, the Watchtower organization has based much of its prophetic speculation on Old Testament types and antitypes.

That is, if something happened in the Old Testament, it must have some sort of parallel in Watchtower times. Continue reading

Return of the 1914 Generation Which Now Extends by Overlapping

In 2010, in order to revive a sense of urgency, the April 15 Watchtower announced yet another change to the generation doctrine.

So, what does “this generation” that “will by no means pass away” mean now?

  • The “anointed”?
  • The generation of 1914?

Both—but with a twist! Continue reading

Return of the Generation of the Anointed

Last week, when we looked at the Watchtower’s definition of “this generation” that would “by no means pass away,” it meant, “peoples of earth who see the sign of Christ’s presence but fail to mend their ways.” (The Watchtower, November 1, 1995, p. 19)

But in 2008, the meaning of “this generation” changed again! Continue reading

The 1914 Generation Discarded

In 1995, the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses bit the bullet.

“This generation” referred to by Jesus was untied from the generation of 1914! Continue reading

The 1914 Generation Contracts and Expands

generation truth book page 95

     The Truth That Leads to Eternal Life, p. 95

It all seemed so simple when Jehovah’s Witnesses explained the 1914 generation teaching to me in 1972.

The 1914 generation would by no means pass away until Armageddon came and Christ’s millennial Kingdom on earth would begin.

But then the Watchtower’s definition of “generation” kept shifting. Continue reading

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